A Story about the A.I. Apocalypse, From a Gaming Mastermind
Jason Jones, the reclusive game designer behind “Halo,” wrote a novel about killer robots. Now the story is the basis for an ambitious new entertainment company.
TL;DR
- Jason Jones, creator of the Halo franchise, wrote a dystopian story about an AI robot apocalypse.
- The story, told from over 100 characters' perspectives across six continents, was deemed too large for a novel.
- Jones and collaborator Margaret Stohl founded Stone Kite, an entertainment company based on this story.
- Stone Kite plans to tell the narrative across multiple media, including comics, video games, manga, screen adaptations, fiction, and graphic novels.
- Their first project, "One Zero One," is an 80-page graphic novel, the first in a four-part series, featuring Easter eggs and a link to a Discord forum.